godon
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See also: Godoń
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French godon, speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
godon (feminine godonne, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godonnes)
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
gōdōn
- Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍉𐌽
Ladin[edit]
Verb[edit]
godon
- first-person plural present indicative of goder
- first-person plural present subjunctive of goder
- first-person plural imperative of goder
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
godon m (plural godons, feminine singular godone, feminine plural godones)
- (ethnic slur) Englishman
- 15th century, anonymous (perhaps Olivier Basselin), “Chanson LXI”, in Armand Gasté, editor, Chansons normandes du XVè siècle, 1866:
- Ne craignez point a les batre / ces Godons, panches a pois / Car vng de nous en vault quatre / Au moins en vault il bien troys
- Do not fear at all to fight them / These pea-bellied godons / Because one of us is worth four of them / [Or] at least, well worth three of them.
- (derogatory) glutton
Adjective[edit]
godon m (feminine singular godone, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godones)
- (ethnic slur) English
- c. 1490, “Le Roy engloys”, in Manuscrit de Bayeux:
- Ils ont chargé l'artillerie sur mer / Force biscuit et chascun ung bidon / Et par la mer jusqu'en Bisquaye aller / Pour couronner leur petit roy godon.
- They embarked the artillery on ship / [With] many biscuits and each man a bottle / And went by sea up to Biscay / To crown their little godon king.
Descendants[edit]
- French: godon
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔdɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːdɔn/, /ˈɡɔdɔn/
Verb[edit]
godon
- Soft mutation of codon.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
codon | godon | nghodon | chodon |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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